diff --git a/utils/dc b/utils/dc
index 232a756c..c671d5b4 100755
--- a/utils/dc
+++ b/utils/dc
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ main() {
     ;;
   options)
     perl -nE 'say $1 =~ s/"//gr =~ s/\s*\|\s*/\n/gr' \
-      -E 'if /^ {8}"?([a-zA-Z0-9_ "|\\-]+)"?(?:\)|\s*\|\s*\\)$/' \
+      -E 'if /^ {2}"?([a-zA-Z0-9_ "|\\-]+)"?(?:\)|\s*\|\s*\\)$/' \
       -E '&& $1 !~ /^_/' <"$0"
     ;;
   *)